Bestyrelse:

Professor, direktør, dr. Einar Andersen, vicepræsident
Viceadmiral S. Thostrup, vicepræsident

Professor, dr. Viggo Hansen

Professor, dr. N. Kingo Jacobsen, generalsekretær
Professor, dr. Niels Nielsen

Kammerherre M. O. Olufsen
Direktør Valdemar Schmidt
Viceadmiral, dr. A. H. Vedel

Råd:

Bankdirektør C. B. Andersen
Professor, dr. H. C. Aslyng
Direktør, dr. Ole Berthelsen

Overinspektør, dr. Kaj Birket-Smith
Departementschef Eske Brun
Professor, dr. Steen B. Böcher
Opmålingschef Stig Dilling
Direktør K. Ellitsgaard-Rasmussen
Departementschef E. Hesselbjerg

Professor, dr. Erik Holtved Professor, dr. Johs. Humlum Generalkonsul Einar Høyvald Universitetslektor Kr. M. Jensen

Universitetslektor Ruth Helkiær Jensen
Forskningsbibliothekar Ib Kejlbo
Kommandørkaptajn Knud Kærgaard
Overinspektør, dr. Helge Larsen
Kommandør Henrik Madsen

Professor, dr. Johs. Nicolaisen
Direktør A. W. Nielsen
Professor, dr. Kjeld Rasmussen

Højesteretssagfører K. Rørdam Universitetslektor Einar Storgaard Statsmeteorolog Helge Thomsen Professor Helge Vedel

THE ROYAL DANISH GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY 1876-1976

The Royal Danish Geographical Society was founded on the 18th of November 1876, and the first volume of Geografisk Tidsskrift appeared the following year. The rapidly increasing collections of books, periodicals and maps were placed and catalogued during the period 1877-1885. In 1885 Professor Ed. Erslev retired from the post as secretary and was succeeded by Knight Commander Otto Irminger who functioned until 1903, when Professor O. Olufsen took over the post and reorganized finances as well as the publishing activities. The following years a considerable expansion took place brought about by the many expeditions, after World War I the character of expeditions changed. They were no longer travels for the sake of exploring unknown countries, but more expeditions with well-defined research goals and so, the Society had to adapt its activities to the demands and possibilities of a new era. In 1923 Professor Olufsen was succeeded by the major-general E. Castonier as secretary of the Society, and in 1931 Dr. phil. Niels Nielsen took over this post. In 1959 an attachment to the Geographical Institute of the Copenhagen University became a natural development and enabled the Society to adapt its activities to presentday's research work. In 1956, Professor Axel Schou was appointed secretary general from which post he retired in 1971.

Møder i sæsonen 1976-77

1. møde den 12. oktober 1976:
Afdelingsmeteorolog /. T. Duun-Christensen: Varsling
og forudsigelse af stormfloder.

Professor, dr. N. Kingo Jacobsen: Stormfloder og
den fysiske planlægning.

2. møde den 7. december 1976: Festaften: Professor dr. Axel Schou: Geografisk Selskab 100 år. Uddeling af Egede medaljen, Galathea medaljen og Vitus Bering medaljen.

Professor, dr. S. Thorarinsson: At leve på en vulkan.
3. møde den 1. februar 1977:

Professor, dr. N. Kingo Jacobsen: Den XXIII Internationale
Geografkongres i Moskva 1976.
Professor, dr. Sofus Christiansen: Landbrugssymposiet
i Odessa.

4. møde den 1. marts 1977:

Universitetslektor, dr. Torben Wolff: Det lykkelige
Arabien.

5. møde 29. marts 1977:

Professor, dr. Johs. Nicolaisen: Penan - et jægerfolk
i Sarawak. Nord-Borneo.